# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Public Service Electric & Gas
> OSHA SIR `2019099921` · 9/23/2019 · MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Public Service Electric & Gas
- **Location:** 176 Bellevue Ave, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, 07042
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coming upstairs from a basement when his foot was caught in a hole in a step. He fell backward and tore his quadriceps. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*